Wondering about the silence

Silence. Something to get used to. It's been three weeks, and we've still heard nothing about Scott's upcoming position. Nothing. Most of my friends have been very silent in the blog world for the last week to two weeks. It's weird. Just something I noticed today.

Thinking about what Deb commented on facebook and missing the classroom, I completely agree. I wish I could have been back in the classroom part time this year. I think I'm going to really miss the kids and all the goings on of school.

The wedding this past weekend was amazing. I don't really have any pictures to post. I was too busy to take many. I keep hoping others will post them, and I can snag them for my blog. Sarah was absolutely gorgeous...of course. We all had a blast and things went virtually hitch free.

Colin's many hats

Colin loves to read, wear our sunglasses, "help" cook and clean. I haven't managed a good picture oof him cleaning, but he has his own broom and duster. He wants his own dustpan--I know this b/c he's always taking mine.

He can get on and off his lion on his own. He can't figure out how to get it to "go," but he loves to get a ride around the house.

Changing the oil on his lawnmower.

Ready to help cook dinner. At grandma's house he has a McDonald's booth he uses, and an apron he wears, so he was excited to wear it. He wanted it off pretty quickly though--too long.

We found him like this. He ran in his room, climbed on his ottoman, and grabbed a book (maybe climbed with the book?). We saw him and ran to get the camera. So he has the book upside down, but still pretty cute, huh?

Try to figure out how to get mommy's sunglasses on. This was the only thing that made him happy after 15 min. of fussing on the car ride from St. Louis.

Parade of Home

As we look at homes in other locations we just aren't finding things we like as well. This makes me sad. I took some pics of my home and now I've got a slideshow to do a virtual open house-thanks for the idea Becca, I'm just like 6 weeks behind. Seeing it in photos might help me compare our house to others better. We shall see.

Freecycle Rocks!!!

So in anticipation of likely selling our home, Scott and I tackled our basement this past weekend. We re-arranged, re-boxed, and cleaned up. I surveyed the junk we weren't sure what to do with: old, old sewing machine, electric weedeater, dip belt, old college science books, full size bed frame. Who would want that stuff apart from the weedeater. We didn't have enough for a garage sale, so freecycle it is. I joined freecycle a while ago, but hadn't parted with or picked up anything in my first few months. To my dismay everything was claimed the second it went online. Nothing has been picked up yet, but by tomorrow our house will be a bit lighter! We still have a box of old soccer shoes that Scott's going to take to Play it Again Sports. If they're not gone by the weekend I'm posting them. It's addictive. I got probably 40 emails for all that junk (excuse me...wonderfully recyclable treasures).

Missing Scott

Scott has been on the go a lot lately. He's currently gone for 3 days and nights on an incentive trip to North Central Arkansas. They are fishing and golfing with the guys from Brown Foreman (Jack Daniels people). Colin decided to throw an absolute fit about his afternoon nap, and refused both times I tried. The second time it took me 20 minutes of holding and consoling him to get him to stop screaming. He started rolling and screaming on the floor. It freaked out Kona--he started whimpering. I was freaking out thinking something was really wrong with him. Now I think his teeth were hurting him, but that he was mostly mad at me. Not sure why since he usually naps well. He didn't eat very well today--also a sign of tooth pain for him. I will need a serious break after Scott's numerous "vacations" this summer.

Pride and Prejudice

Scott and I are settling in for our bi-yearly (sometimes quarerly) Pride and Prejudice marathon. Not sure if we'll finish it in one setting. We hardly ever do any more, but we both still love it. Keira Knightley doesn't hold a candle to Jennifer Ehle's Elizabeth Bennett.

Busy week/weekend

Late last week Scott had a meeting at the Lake of the Ozarks. A former coworker/friend of his from St. Louis that now lives in KC has a family Lake house there. Mike was at the same meeting at Scott, so he invited Scott to stay at the Lake after the meeting at his family's home, and have Colin and me come and join their family. Needless to say it was a fun 24 hours. We went out on the lake a couple of times, and Colin loved going fast and playing in the water.


With 8 yr old Katie Muckerman

Glad to be free of the life jacket!

He looked a bit like Randy in his snowsuit from A Christmas Story. He couldn't really put his arms down. The day before he'd worn a different jacket and it was even bigger. He wanted snacks on the boat, but had to be fed b/c he couldn't get his hand to his mouth.

Loving to go fast.

All the Muckerman kids and Colin and Scott. Yes there are 4 of them b/w ages 3.5-10. Yikes!!! They were really fun, and they loved playing with Colin.

When we came back, Scott's sister Sarah and her soon-to-be hubby met up here in CoMo with us to go see the new Harry Potter (side note: major disappointment for someone who's familiar with the book, but probably good if you haven't read it in a while).

On Saturday I had a tea party scheduled at my house with my small group girlfriends. I'd been prepping for it all week. Thankfully Sarah was here to help me Friday night and Saturday morning. It turned out great! See next post.